The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman collage New in Poemotion 2 is

New in Poemotion 2 is the use of color

recounting the heartbreaking journeys of three women in a society where the odds are stacked against them

offers an innovative toolkit for engaging these present realities across disciplinary specializations and geographic purviews

and promotion to a profession and art in its own right

‘Three True Tales About Music and Technology’ by Robert Barry and Amanda de Frumerie is part of the Rough Trade Edition

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman collage New in Poemotion 2 isHow do we communicate who we are to other people? This landmark work by one of the twentieth centurys most influential sociologists argues that our behaviour in social situations is defined by how we wish to be perceived resulting in displays startlingly similar to those of actors in a theatrical performance. From the houses and clothes that we use as fixed props to the backstage of the solitude in which our personas are rehearsed and relaxed, Goffman